I heard Mark is in jail for impregnating a bus load of nuns while hopped up on paint thinner!
Come on people this tangential, negative thread based on "I heard from a Myspace Hooker in Bangkok" is the reason I am fed up with all the name calling, bellyaching, BS of this site. Base your opinions and comments on FACTS not "A Firm Source"
Fact: Ant is a sponsored Rider thus R&D issues will come up, but NONE have contrary to the MySpace authorities.
Fact: Mark flew to the UK to dial Ant's boat in. Would he do that if he wasn't looking to make sure the ski was a solid product? The Euro market is blossoming and has a huge market potential. Why would he send a product that isn't going to be the best image to promote future sales?
Fact: Mark messed his back up and has been slow to respond to people. Maybe in a pain killer induced fog he mis-shipped something or was late to get something out. Did he correct or offer to correct the problem(s) if there were any? Maybe if he were able to post on here in reply people would know the non-myspace version of things.
Fact: A very well respected motor builder on here has a very similar back issue right now. He is a little behind and slow to respond but I have not heard a peep about that from people. Why because just like Mark he has contacted the people after a few days to tell them what is going on and if something needed to meet a deadline he still met it. That is what good costumer service is. I would expect that from LPW, Team Scream, X-metal, WCF or 24/7 that is flat out what a good company does.
I met Mark once maybe twice so it isn't like I am a MARK cheerleader this is common sense and common respect. Give the guy a chance he has been kicked in the teeth from the start.
For what it's worth the times I have talked to Mark he has been respectful and not once said something negative about another builder / shop / manufacturer etc.
Yes I understand the issues between Paul and Mark! I probably understand a lot better then most the people on here since I actually consider Paul a personal friend and I would like to think he still considers me a friend. My statements above have nothing to do with any of that, can't people see the difference?
Flame away at me for what I have typed I really don't care. I probably won't log in for a few more days maybe a week because frankly I have better things to do then sit on here reading flames and bashings.